BlueLyon

If Pep came, it would be either sucess or disaster. I like his coaching tone, he seems calm when its required and takes what its necessary. I remember that barca was losing, and he subed Xavi because he had bad game. You need some balls to do that when your losing. Anyway, he suited Barca realy well, he was their legend as RdM is ours. But Pep could never give that passion to Chelsea like he did to Barca. Unless he would stay here for long time. And we all know how Roman acts. No trophy and your gone. There are two things why could be good to have Pep; Rdm makes weird subs, he should try new options and sub bad players. We want play the style of game that Pep is master of it. However at Chelsea, Roman is the boss and there is lot more pressure, more than in barca on coach. But even Pep is shit sometimes; he always makes weird subs; like puting in Keita at wrong times etc. And secondly, he only knows how to attack, once his tactics are read, he cant play differently. Im sure he couldnt play barca style here, but he still has no clue about defendinf. Here, Rdm wins big time. Last year, we were playing 10 defenders and won, this year its total offensive and Rdm did well in both ways. Subs remain his main problem, but I guess that he fears Roman, because Im sure he is thinking about title a bit and every game is very important. Whats the conclusion? Pep as coach and Rdm as second coach - assistant But I fully suport Rdm.

I dont want Pep as coach, I dont want this guy either. Not because Thiago would be bad player (he is big talent) but because if he played well for us, there is not smallest chance of keeping him. Barca would come, he would follow. Anyway Alex Song is having a very small role in barca , maybe we should buy him in winter? I know he just joined barca, but here, he would be starter. Great player, would pair with Mikel great. Song is perfect upgrade for Rambo.

Agree, KDB is easily Lamps sucessor if he evolves properly. But I can only see him shine in 4-3-3 system Mikel Oscar/Rambo-KDB Mata-striker-Hazard In 4-2-3-1 Lamps was quite bad comparing him to his standard position in 4-3-3 as creative attacking midfielder with good tracking back. In 4-2-3-1, I can see him only if he would play with a fantastic DM (like Essien was), where KDB would have more freedom and wouldnt need to defend much. Along Mikel, I dont see him work well. Mikel is sometimes terrible (sometimes fantastic) and KDB would play Lampard role, more offensive. That would be too open for opponents.

Replaying to your stats: 1. January has 31 days. Enough to find and buy new good striker. If they do that, they would sell for their asking price. 2. If their asking price is lets say 50mio and we offer it, they would sell. Besides us, who can buy him? Real is off the race, Mou said they dont buy Atletico players. Barca is not going to buy him, as their coach said. United is filled with strikers, so is City. PSG bought Ibrahimovic and not Ibra, not Falcao wants to share the spot. Zenit spend huge in summer, cant see them buying another 50mio player. Besides if Falcao would want to go there, I find lack of ambition in him and wouldnt want him here then. I believe he would play for big club or stay in Atletico. So if we offer the asking price, they find replacement, why wouldnt they sell him to only realistic buyer? In summer we could go after Cavani or someone else, maybe Atletico because of their financial issues wouldnt want to risk and sell player for cheaper price in summer. 3. Well if there will be no buyers to match his price, even us (and I believe if Roman wants him, he will go with max amount that he is prepare to pay for him in january, not in summer. We lack of in form striker NOW, not in summer), then he will stay. 4. They bought him for 35mio, they know he is wanted, they will want max of his value. We match 50mio, while other buyers never show real interest, they wont sell? Its Atletico, not some that could lose titles because of that sale. The only three questions are this: 1. Will Roman give 50mio for Falcao? Does the board realy wants to buy striker in January? 2. If Atletico thinks they can win europa league again, will they sell Falcao? 3. Will Atletico find replacement for Falcao? (if they do, second question has no importance anymore) IF Atletico gets Chicarito or Huntelaar in january, and we offer them 50mio for Falcao, Atletico will sell him. Period.

Yes he is. Well we would then need a CM that is creative, but is not going forward. Someone that can tackle too. In Borussia, Sahin was exactly that. He was b2b player that went forward when his team played offensive and defend when oposite side had the ball. The CM along his passing and creativity, should also tackle and run fast enough to follow the ball in midfield and mark opposite players. Yaya Toure type player would be great aswell. About Inigo, I heard he is good YOUNG Cb that is one of brightest prospects of spanish defenders. But there it is, he is young and I dont trust young defenders too much. Defending is all about experience and that comes with years of playing. Older defenders are much better tacklers, they stick to defending duties, dont make harsh unnecessary tackles and mark well. Besides, we have Kalas and Bruma if we want to play with talented young CBs.

The pressure on our players is huge and with this racism thing even bigger. Some players will focus more on that than on football. But if this is true (about racism from Clattenburg), he should be found guilty and thats it. If its not, then I have no idea why club lodged complaint... The last thing I want is when people talk about Chelsea, is not about football, but about off-pitch stuff. It kills club reputation and player's ambitions, motivations, preparations, trainings,...We dont have 30yrs old players that can handle all situations, but young talents that right now, instead of how to win games, they think about this incident.

With all the problems we have in our game, we need striker and creative CM, but with Mikel gone in january, we would also need a good DM. I heard Cesc can do it all

He has more offensive role in Werder, right? Could he play as CM in 4-2-3-1? In that case, we dont realy need Benat, Banega, or any other deeplying playmaker.

Etienne Capoe of Toulouse. 22yrs old, France international (recently starter) sticks to defending duties, and passes forward. Not a b2b player or deeplying playmaker, but a very good DM with ability to pass in any direction. Also, as player of Toulouse, he would cost max 15mio.

Atletico would sell if they would get replacement. Why not? They would get lot money for Falcao and also a decent replacement (there was talk about Huntelaar and Chicarito to be wanted by Atletico). Sure if we offer 50mio for Falcao, who else would offer more? In summer, we might go after some other striker and Atletico would decide to sell in jan. And I think Huntelaar is not option because he is too old, while Llorente is in shity shit form and I dont want another Fernando Torres who WAS good striker but NOW is not in form. For god sake, if we go for striker, he must be in good form, and Llorente's record this season is 11 games (NEVER A STARTER) and only 1 goal. He is 27, slow, does not have good ball control. I dont see why would he be great striker. And he was more or less shit in Europa league finale vs Atletico. And for end, in Euro 2012, Negredo got chance ahead of this guy who played 0 minutes in tournament. And he is rated at 30mio. WTF??!!

Dont take this joke too serious, I would spend 100mio (if we had) for other player, rather just strikers. I just put that team if we had those players, wouldnt be bad. However its impossible and will never happen.

It was just an option, had we 100mio available. It is never going to happen we will buy all them, maybe 'only' Falcao/Cavani. But as much Suarez is cunt, he would be great to pair another striker like Cavani. Dont forget that Lpool are shit and its big chance Suarez might want to leave sooner than later. And Chicarito would make great backup striker in any case. For smaller games he would be perfect. Currently we have no main striker in form or even his back up Danny is not playing that well, but Im still giving chance to Sturridge, while Torres is obviously past it.

Imagine we had Cavani/Falcao in attack, Hazard, Luis Suarez and Mata as attacking trio and developed Oscar to play on CM (like Cesc did at Arsenal) along Mikel. And Chicarito as our backup striker. Falcao/Cavani Hazard-Suarez-Mata Oscar-Mikel I know its impossible, but that would fit us perfectly.

Back in Arsenal days, Cesc was much more defensive. He was great as CM/DM or CAM. Sahin is also a player that can play in all three roles. Player like Sahin/Banega/Benat would also ease the pressure from Mata. Juan is now playing much deeper and is our deeplying playmaker as well attacking playmaker. In fact to be honest, I dont care who we sign as striker and CM, cheap or expensive, as long he will be able to get directly in our squad, play regulary and will achieve sucess at Chelsea, I will be super happy. But if we get some unexperienced kid or even worse; stick with Torres, I will be pissed.

For the price of 40mio I wouldnt take him. For 20-25max. He is great player, but not that great as Falcao. Remember that Falcao was sold to Atletico for 35mio pounds.

Yes he is. Late bloomer I guess, but you have to admit that Porto always finds such kind of players, they pay cheap and sell for big, amazing scouting. Porto, Borussia, Atletico, Shakhtar, Napoli - talent treasuries

Hulk is doing bad at Zeint for that price, but with better team, he might prove his worth. Anyway I agree there might be other players available, as much I dont see Lewandowski as truly world class striker, I have feeling he could become Chelsea legend and world class striker. And I also just read that Porto wants 40!!!mio pounds for Martinez...no thanks. He could be great, but if we spend 40+ mio on striker it should be only Falcao or Cavani.

What about Bender boys? Lars and Sven? They both seem very good players, young with offensive/defensive abilities. And there are reports Real offered Roma 25mio EUR for De Rossi. What the f Real needs so many CMs? Xabi, Modric, Essien, Khedira, Coentrao, Sahin (loan),...and now De Rossi If they want to get rid of Sahin, we should buy him next summer. Similar to Cesc, he is exactly what we need in midfield, shall we buy a new CM in summer. And he wouldnt be that expensive, since they would want to sell him to make room for others.

He is possible next Falcao. His goals are great, has ball control and good finishing. And what the f are you keep moaning about Porto ripping us? Carvalho, Ferreira, Mou are one of best people that worked for CFC. I dont care if we pay triple the price, if players do well, I dont see problem. If there was club that ripped us it is Lpool and their 50mio Torres. Or Sheva for 35 from Milan. I personaly would love to see Alex Sandro, Martinez, James or Moutinho here if we needed them. Yes we would overpay them, but this is Porto, you pay lot, you (usually) get lot. Hulk would be great player, but Russia realy dont fit him...

Torres keeps playing, but this guy cant have 5 mins of play time? Cmon RDM.

Hehe, I didnt meant he is immature because of halloween costume, but because of his recent bad games and stuff.

Well take that as great chance for Romeu to surprise. He is good player and with Mikel gone in jan, he will show how good he is.

This guy needs to be more mature.As much I like his jokes and all, he needsto grow up and then he could be perfect CB.

Moutinho would be good, but much too expensive. Banega has potential to be even better, his passing, long balls, ball tracking, marking. And would cost about 13mio. Him and Mata would rock together. Believe me.

I dont see why Mikel would go in january, he is doing well. If we must go for CM, Fellaini is not worth his money. Banega, Tino Costa, De Rossi, Vidal,...would be much better. Anyway we dont have money for 50mio striker and classy 20mio cm. Only one will come and I hope its striker.